Harold Barling Town, Canada’s “enfant terrible” over the course of an artistic career that spanned the 1950s to the ’80s, was a celebrity in his day. A compulsively prolific artist with a theatrical, over-the-top personality, ... Read More »

The first two entries in ECW Press’s new Pop Classics series – short, informal examinations of various pop culture phenomena – traverse a broad gap between nihilistic pseudo-porn satire and human-sized adolescent warrior turtles. At ... Read More »

The first two entries in ECW Press’s new Pop Classics series – short, informal examinations of various pop culture phenomena – traverse a broad gap between nihilistic pseudo-porn satire and human-sized adolescent warrior turtles. At ... Read More »

Christopher Pratt is widely acknowledged as an important Canadian painter, but he has long been viewed in the shadow of his better-known East Coast compatriot, Alex Colville. This gorgeously designed book seeks to redress the ... Read More »

Near the end of Metal on Ice, Toronto musician Sean Kelly writes that, in almost every book about Canadian music he’s ever read, his “heavy metal and hard rock heroes have been relegated to footnote ... Read More »

The 3-D paper crafts in this book are flawlessly executed by Ron Broda’s experienced hand. Broda used this technique, which involves gluing together embossed layers of paper, in the popular Have You Seen Bugs? The ... Read More »

Ruth McKendry is a well-known textile expert and author of Quilts and Other Bedcoverings. Her personal collection of more than 300 quilts was acquired by the National Museum of Civilization in the late 1970s. Classic ... Read More »

Whether pretty posies or practical aromatics, book publishers are offering a stack of craft books on creating items for home, body, or gift giving from the garden’s bounty. From the glossy front cover of Living ... Read More »

Whether pretty posies or practical aromatics, book publishers are offering a stack of craft books on creating items for home, body, or gift giving from the garden’s bounty. From the glossy front cover of Living ... Read More »